SDPS is a Software Assurance Benefit program from Microsoft. Trigent is a certified SDPS partner of Microsoft. SDPS is designed to help your organization plan an effective deployment of Microsoft SharePoint with

• A broad range of planning services – SharePoint 2010 Deployment Planning, SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Planning and SharePoint for Internet Sites Planning – that help you optimize the effectiveness of SharePoint capabilities
• Lowered cost of deployment
• Improved productivity of your organization.

The SDPS' highly effective planning process helps you get the best value out of your SharePoint investment via a number engagement alternatives such as 1, 3, 5, 10, or 15 engagements. These are as determined by your Software Assurance coverage offered by Microsoft.

1 Day Engagement – Strategy Briefing and SharePoint Overview

Includes a Strategy Briefing Session (SBS) and an overview of SharePoint features and solution areas, plus a review of your environment, pain points and requirements. Together, we will design a high-level solution based on your business needs and further gain knowledge on how best to deploy SharePoint in your environment

3 Day Engagement– Strategy Briefing and SharePoint Overview, Architecture Design Session

Includes an Architecture Design Session (ADS), participants dive deeper into their requirements and design a SharePoint solution tailored to their environment. Conceptual design, logical and physical architectures are created for the solution. (in addition to the Strategy Briefing Session).

5 Day Engagement- Strategy Briefing and SharePoint Overview, Architecture Design Session, Deep Dive into SharePoint, Hands on Deployment Planning and Best Practices

Designed to provide deep guidance on specific SharePoint solution capabilities that provide value within your environment. Includes a virtual lab session for hands-on understanding of the solution technologies and capabilities, 2 days of deployment planning and assistance with creating a plan and best practices for deployment. (in addition to the Strategy Briefing and Architecture Design Session)

10 Day and 15 Day Engagement– Strategy Briefing and SharePoint Overview, Architecture Design Session, Deep Dive into SharePoint, Hands on Deployment Planning and Best Practices, POC project

Both the 10 and 15 day engagement includes a 3-day ADS to understand your scenarios and introduce technologies, solutions, and concepts; plus 2 days of deployment planning for a specific SharePoint capability. This is followed by a 5 or 10-day Proof of Concept (POC) project to demonstrate the solution at a customer environment. (in addition to the Strategy Briefing Session)

If you have purchased Microsoft SharePoint and wish to avail of the Software Assurance Benefits, our SDPS consultants can help you implement your SharePoint installation under this program.